QING and the real JIU have been discovered by CHUANG PING. PING has killed the real JIU. QING tells ZHI everything but he does not believe her. HAN and NAN even think that QING is jealous of JIU (PING). ZHI learns from the clues that CHUANG has been sent into the Palace. Emperor CHONG ZHEN promises to surrender half of his empire to CHUANG, hoping this would make CHUANG give up fighting against him. However, CHUANG refuses. JIU finds that XING is the one who has been giving ZHI the crucial clues. XING is actually a descendent of a patriotic official, who was framed and executed by CHONG ZHEN. XING has been longing to kill CHONG ZHEN to avenge her father’s death. But she is killed by CHENG finally. ZHI sneaks into the Palace to rescue CHUANG, during which, he discovers that JIU has been trying to harm him. JIU confesses that she has been exploiting ZHI and that she has never been in love with him……
